Adjective: exploitive ik'sploy-tiv or ek'sploy-tiv
- Tending to exploit or make use of
"Exploitive credit practices include lenders who charge high interest rates that lead to loan default";
- exploitative, exploitatory
- (media/arts) using shock value or sensationalism for effect
"The exploitive nature of tabloid journalism";
- exploitative
See also: consumptive